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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think in general people like softer teachers these days. I just see it as a style that parents weren't going well for.[/quote]

This is probably it. A lot of marching band directors have the whole football/basketball coach attitude, lots of yelling, throwing stuff, and it can escalate very quickly to singling out certain kids and playing favorites/scapegoats. At the same time, that attitude might have worked well at a previous school that takes marching band more “seriously,” but doesn’t work at every school and some schools and programs prioritize a relaxed and positive environment vs. more competitive and stressed. Sounds like maybe it was a bad fit all around.

There isn’t a shortage of HS music teachers and specials teachers in general. These are the open positions that can get hundreds of applicants or they can easily pull someone up from a middle or elementary school - ES not for band but for strings, orchestra, vocal music yes. It sounded like it was just a bad fit and they wanted to take their chances with someone else. [/quote]

For the upper level music, it isn't easy to find one that good and skilled.  We have had sports coaches yell and it really made my kid want to stop the sport but stuck it out knowing they'd only be with that coach a limited time and we couldn't afford music and sports if we went someone else for the sports.  It really made my child not want to participate and now with the coach change they are greatly improving and enjoying it again.

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